Almost seven/eight months of covid times have passed away. The beginning was full of fearful uncertainty, the uncertainty of living life with new norms. There were so many noises in the air, the instructions/ Government guidelines were passed on how to keep yourself safe in the unhealthy traumatic virus kind of situation. PM’s call to nation describing how to protect and be safe, the declaration of the series of lock downs nationwide, it was not less than a horror movie with each new frames playing time to time, and all leading to ‘what if covid virus enters your closets. The norms of life has changed. The safety of self, hand washing, sanitising each and everything which rolled thru your hands is of prime importance.
The shut down on travelling, going far off places, meeting friends and family, daily helps and social gatherings had just happened. Most of the factories were running slow, cutting off production schedules, people and products. The attendance was running low. The good part of this was, it gave rise to new ideas of producing new products to help combat scarcity of the life protective equipments during these covid times. The industries started flourishing with production of covid gears; the PPE s, masks ventilators, oxygen generators. The demand supply was kind of balanced to reach out to all who were in dire situations and in need. The hospitals especially the government ones were loaded with patients, the spaces were created and facilities built up for the emergencies to quarantine the affected people. There were good and bad results, people recovering and people dying on the same platform. It was not that healthy, a grim atmosphere around, it pained to talk to the people who lost lives of their loved ones due to this.
It is been eight months since then and covid is not gone away, only the impact has gone down. Not sure, has fear diminished with recoveries happening around or is it due to environment of festivities.
Winter has just begun so has the festival season. There is positivity in air . There is all those sweet memories of all good times spent. But there is lot of safety norms one has got habituated of. Even the human behaviours have been given a spin, don’t know whether for good or bad , but surely one has come all way and will surely go as far. Sitting outside after such a long period, in my favourite corner of my club restaurant after having fun ride and driving half a hundred kilometers on the highway to feel the spin of wheels and my thought process, here I sat down to write what I feel at the moment. There was literally no one in the club or at the restaurant but as I am about to leave after an hours sitting I see people coming, sitting and gossiping in the most safe places. Good times are here to come.
Nlet us celebrate all we have.
Amen
Rajni 
